|
Shoko like a Polaroid Picture By: PoisonRamune, the Apathetic Lizardman I’m not a big fan of J-Pop; this may surprise a lot of you considering how much of an otaku I am. In fact, I think the last J-Pop artist I actually really liked was Namie Amuro back in 1996. However, I was reading about a recent anime convention in my hometown (Anime Expo) and had seen a spread on a very interesting young lady. Shoko Nakagawa is not like other Japanese Pop idols. While, she does do the obligatory bikini photo shoots (which we like), she also: cosplays, watches Bruce Lee films, plays video games, and reads & writes manga. This girl is truly a nerd in tarento’s (Japanese starlet) clothing. I’ll admit, I have never heard any of Shoko’s music. So it may very well be as “good” as a Paris Hilton album. But that’s not what this article is about anyhow. Since I’ll also admit, when I’m not: reading about video games, working on the latest article for you guys or actually doing my real job; a lot of my work day is spent looking up cosplay galleries. Most of the time I’m looking up girls cosplaying as either Chun-Li or Mai Shiranui, but lately I’ve been reading Shoko’s blog and checking out all her costumed hotness. And I must say, she’s definitely into costume business and knows how to work it right.
Now, onwards and forward with: The Top 5 Hottest Cosplays of Shoko Nakagawa
5) Bean Head Thing – This one feels kinda like cheating, as I have no clue as to what the hell that thing on her head is supposed to make her (other than sexually suggestive). Though, something from my years of eating “Asian/Hawaiian style” shave ice tells me that’s an azuki bean hat. However, there’s something sexually intriguing about wearing a piece of vinyl that looks like a mix between: testes, buttocks and a clitoris on top of your head.
4) Valsione – Dressing up as a girl in a robotic hardsuit is hot; dressing up as a female robot that’s made to look like a giant human girl in a hardsuit is not as hot. But when you’re Shoko Nakagawa, I’m sure you can dress up as the toothless homeless girl that hangs out at the Taco Bell by my office and still make it work. Even though I’ve never played a Robot Taisen game, I’m sure there could have been a hotter character to dress-up as. I mean, they have to have one girl wearing an Evangelion style plug suit.
3) Athena Asamiya – Looking like Yen Yinling (my favorite auto/import/flag model), Shoko shows off her SNK fandom dressing up as the lovely Athena Asamiya. I take it she chose Athena for more of an iconic sort of reason, as Athena is known for having a different costume in every King of Fighters game. I believe her costume is from KoF: Maximum Impact… However, I’d have preferred if she wore the dark school girl outfit from KoF XII.
2) Barbarella – Even though I’m a pervert, I’ve never seen the Jane Fonda sexploitation classic where she goes stripping in zero G. But seeing all the pics of Fonda in her sexy white space whore suit really makes me wish I did. I guess, I can take solace in the fact that Rose McGowan will be playing the new Barbarella in 2009. Or I can look to this picture and imagine Shoko receiving a lethal dose of sexual stimulation. I’m siding with the latter, since I don’t find Marilyn Manson’s ex nearly as cute in the face as Shoko.
1) Super Mario – This is just down right cute. I find something truly attractive in Shoko dressing up as the universal mascot for video games. Does this mean I want to have a thing for Mario? Maybe… But who doesn’t? I mean, you can’t tell me that you never once wished to be Princess Peach/Toadstool as a child so that Mario would bust into your bedroom and save you from your Bowser like parents. Perhaps, I was just a weird kid back in the day. Or perhaps, you’re all afraid to admit that you were all kinda gay for Mario Mario at some point (I’m siding with the latter, since I don’t find Marilyn Manson’s ex nearly as cute in the face as Super Mario).
Honorable Mention: I’m sure she isn’t dressed as any specific character from any specific game or show. But wouldn’t it be a treat to come home to this every night?
|
